Daniel: August 5, 2020, 4:25am
I’ve been using Sa’Am now for I think a year – pretty much exclusively. Prior to that , I was very much a ‘Kiiko
Matsumoto’ palpatory practitioner for almost 20 years. Every so often, I have a case and they just do NOT respond
to Sa’Am. At all. Even some cases that seem so obvious from a Sa’Am perspective – no response. Then I switch
over to my Kiiko style and badaboom – response! I can imagine everyone has this experience, resorting to their
‘prior style’ when they are getting no response from Sa’Am and then getting response. What I wish I could figure
out is, what is going on here? What is or are the feature(s) of these cases that set them apart in this way. There must
be some underlying reason for this. Thoughts? Ideas?
KristinWisgirda: August 5, 2020, 3:23pm
On a case by case basis, what can be learned about Sa’am or the individual patient? Did any of the Kiiko
approaches include points used in the supplementing or draining protocols of Sa’am? Pre Sa’am I drained Lung 5 (
with a pretty light technique) all day long with good results for respiratory issues among others. Draining Lung5 is
part of the Sa’am Lung draining combo.
It might help to collect these cases in a file and see if there are any commonalities.
All of us here are only working with part of the Sa’am system. Looking forward to learning more at the advanced
class next month.
Daniel: August 6, 2020, 2:32am
To be clear – its been very very few cases in my experience – frankly, one of the reasons I am soooooo into Sa’Am
is its unrivalled power (in my experience) – it FAR outshines anything else I have ever used in Acupuncture.
Two great points Kristin . . . one being, perhaps start to collect these cases over the next year or two and see if a
‘pattern’ emerges. Will do that.
the other being, of course, we have yet to learn or apply the ‘draining’ side of Sa’Am.